Can distance education increase educational equality? Evidence from the expansion of Chinese higher education

Investigation of the views of biology teachers on distance education: The case study of COVID-19 Pandemic

“…Additionally, biology teachers stated that due to its complementarity feature, distance education can be applied in the biology courses in the future. Li, Zhou and Fan (2014) stated that equal opportunities have been provided to students through distance education. Distance education is especially useful for providing simultaneous and same quality education to more than one classroom branch (Cabı, 2018).…”

Scale and scope economies of distance education in Australian universities

“…Distance education also enables higher education institutions to extend their products to distant markets previously beyond their reach. As a result, governments, as principal funders if not providers of tertiary education in many countries, consider distance education as an effective tool to improve educational access and equity for individuals previously excluded from education after secondary school (Rumble 2004;Calvert 2005;Li, Zhou, and Fan 2014). Yet another common interest shared by educational institutions and governments alike are the potential cost savings associated with providing distance education over more traditional delivery modes.…”

Comparison of Online and Onsite Students’ Learning Outcomes and Experiences in a Massively Open Online Course in China

“…In China, traditional universities have started delivering distance education programs via Internet since 1998, and Chinese scholars have reported dropout rates between 10% and 15%, lower than the rates from Western institutes (Li, Zhou, & Fan, 2014;Zhu, Bi, Qi, Li, Chen, & Song, 2011).…”